Improvement in bale-ties



J. S. BURNING.

BALE-TIE.

110,188,610, Patented March 20,1877.

. INLY6NTOR N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. DURNING', OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES M.HAMILL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,610, dated March20, 1877 application filed December 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. BURNING, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make anduse it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which formpartof this specification.

My invention relates to an improved baletie.

The object of my invention is to construct a. bale-tie which shall serveto secure the ends of the bands by the frictional contact of the buckleswith the band, and also of such form and arrangement of parts that thetie will take up all slack in the band, and retain the ends of the bandin a fixed position after the pressure has been removed from the bale.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my invention, andFig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig.3 shows the relative position ofthe band and buckles when they are to be tied.

A represents the band, and B the stationary buckle, which is secured tothe end 0 of the band by means of a rivet, D, the end of said loop beingturned under in order to preserve a smooth, unbroken surface on theouter side of the band. On the other end of the band is placed an openbuckle, E, similar to buckleB in form and size. After the bale has beencompressed and the slip-buckle E placed on the freelend F of the band,the end F is passed upwardly through the buckle B. The extreme end ofthe overlapping end G is then bent under to form a loop, H, which latteris then bent backwardly against the band. The slip-buckle is then movedtoward the buckle B and inserted in the loop H, thereby forming anunyielding frictional locking device, which serves to prevent theexpansion of the bale after the pressure has been removed therefrom.

Heretofore many bale-ties have been patented wherein the solev object tobe attained consisted in securing the tie by the expansive power of thecotton or other material contained in the Dale, while my improved tie isnot dependent on such expansive force for its security, but is retainedby the frictional pressure of the slip-buckle and looped end of theband. Again, many single buckles have been patented wherein the solevirtlie of the device consisted in the facility offered in tying theends of the band; but the great majority of such buckles have been foundutterly useless to the trade for the following reasons:

In compressing cotton the bales are subjected to a pressure varying fromsix to twelve hundred tons, and the bale is reduced from fifty toseventy-five per cent. from its original size. As it is a matter ofgreat importance to reduce the bale to its minimum bulk in order toeconomize in the attending expense of freightage, insurance, andbagging, the prime object of a bale-tie is to retain the bale within thereduced dimensions secured by the expensive process of compression.

Single buckles, as ordinarily constructed, necessitate the expenditureof acertain amount of slack band in order to secure the looped end ofthe band within the buckle, and thus, after the pressure has beenremoved from the bale, the latter expands and fills the slack in thebands wasted in tying the same, thereby rendering the process ofcompressing and baling only partially effective, as the power exerted inreducing the mass to the minimum bulk is partly lost, owing to theemployment of ineifective bale-ties.

A bale constructed in accordance with my invention, while simple andeconomical in manufacture, and adapted to be readily secured, alsoserves to retain the bale within the smallest compass to which it may bereduced, as no slack band is wasted in tying the band.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A bale-tie consisting of a buckle formed with a single opening, saidbuckle riveted to one end of the band, in combination with a similarbuckle adapted to be adjustably secured in a loop, H, having adownwardlyturned end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day of November, 1876.

JOSEPH S. BURNING.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. HAMILL, CHAS- HAUOH.

